Concentration of fixed plankton samples via settling: How long is long enough?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-64

  Claessens, Monika ^a   Prast, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

CILIOPHORA;

EID: 39349091403     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm095     Document Type: Article

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